New York - September 08, 2006

You Can Runway, but You Can’t Hide

Navigating Around Fashion Week

In one corner: People Who Can’t Be Bothered with Fashion Week Hoopla. In the other: People Who Can Be Bothered (but Aren’t Invited Anywhere Good).

Leave the head-butting to the lightweights. There’s no need to fight dirty with these champion (and free!) ideas.

Dress: Hang with designer Wenlan, of Twinkle by Wenlan, this Sunday, 6-8 p.m., at a cocktail-party-slash-trunk-show for Twinkle Living at The Hotel on Rivington. Better R.S.V.P. now to twinkleliving@companyagenda.com (it’s going to be an intimate affair).

De-stress: Get a free, full-service massage (worth $350) at Cygalle Healing Spa. The mobile sanctuary that summered in the Hamptons is spending next week tentside (along with recording artist Sun) servicing tired, deprived models. You can’t get a treatment unless you’re personally invited — or unless you’re one of the lucky DC readers who books an appointment mighty quick.

Impress: Engage in a fashion discussion that’s good for the earth. Wowhouse Bazaar, a seven-day Bauhaus-inspired sale and installation that starts tomorrow, showcases designers who turn sustainable and recycled materials into clothes, furniture, and functional art. Starting Saturday, haggle for antique bicycles, paper goods made from encyclopedias, and duvets from rescued fabric.

Marvel-ess: Get a lift to anywhere today (yes, for free) from the rosy-hued Evian taxis zipping around the city. They’ll stop as long as you’re wearing or carrying something pink.

See? There’s no need to sit ringside. Weigh in already.